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To: Harold S. Kirby who wrote (31609)	6/16/1999 7:13:00 PM
From: Mang Cheng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

"QUALCOMM's pdQ Smartphone Provides Ideal Platform For Wireless Business Solutions" - 724 Solutions Launches Secure Wireless Banking and Brokerage Transaction Solution - SAN DIEGO, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - news) today announced the first in a series of profiles highlighting its Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital pdQ(TM) smartphone for the development and deployment of vertical, enterprise and consumer applications and services. The pdQ smartphone is the only smartphone to offer the popular Palm Computing® platform and support full-time access to the Internet based upon standard Internet protocols, making it the ideal device for a broad variety of solutions. QUALCOMM's pdQ smartphone was chosen by 724 Solutions Inc., as one of the key platforms for its new wireless financial services solution, now in market trial by the Bank of Montreal and Bell Mobility. 724 Solutions created a version of its software for the pdQ smartphone using the pdQ software developers kit from QUALCOMM. 724 Solutions' robust software system enables financial institutions to securely deliver banking and brokerage services and information content. ''724 Solutions is delivering on its promise of anytime, anywhere wireless banking and brokerage,'' said Christopher Erickson, president of 724 Solutions. ''QUALCOMM's pdQ smartphone is an ideal consumer device that integrates wireless voice and data with the Palm Computing platform for a rich user experience.'' ''QUALCOMM's pdQ smartphone is the only product in the smartphone category to combine the popular Palm Computing platform and its broad developer base with wireless access using standard Internet protocols,'' said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, president of QUALCOMM Consumer Products. ''This powerful combination enables developers, such as 724 Solutions, to rapidly deliver high-value wireless applications to meet the needs of a broad range of consumers and enterprises.'' The CDMA digital pdQ smartphone supports standard Internet protocols, enabling end-to-end security for wireless applications. The pdQ smartphone features a flip-down phone keypad for easy call dialing and a large, 160-by-240 pixel LCD touch screen for displaying information and data entry. Any number in the pdQ smartphone's address book can be dialed simply by tapping on that name with the included stylus or dialing from the pdQ smartphone's keypad. Users can input data three ways: through Palm Computing's Graffiti® power writing software, the on-screen keyboard or through a personal computer's keyboard when connected to the pdQ smartp phone with the included HotSync® technology. Using HotSync, users can transfer and synchronize information between the pdQ smartphone and a personal computer, including Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange data. The pdQ smartphone ships with a charging/synchronization cradle, lithium ion battery and a headset that enables users to talk on the phone while simultaneously using the PDA portion of the unit. biz.yahoo.com Mang